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The Holiday

It wasn't a very long journey, and the railway station was half a mile from the chalet camp, so they walked in procession along the sаndу path. Dad went first with the heavi­est suitcase. They went straight to the office to fetch the key of their chalet.

When they reached the chalet, there was a tremendous excitement. The key of the door would not turn because Mum shook so.

"Give it to me", cried Dad. "There!" They all rushed in to look at the three bedrooms, the parlour with a divan, the kitchen, the toilet, everybody talking and exclaiming at once.

"Can we sleep here, Mum" "What a small kitchen." "Mum, can I have a drink of water?" "Mum, can we go to the beach?"

Val wasn't going to waste his time on packing. He ran across the field, and came to the sea.

He knew that it was what he wanted ... .Water, light, air and space.

Val threw off his shoes and socks and ran on, feeling the joy of wet sand under his toes. His only idea was to get to the water. Val came to the quiet sea that scarcely seemed to move. He was into it, with no thought of carelessly rolled up clothes. The sea was all around him and everything was quiet. He was in the sea at last!

When he came out, he felt hungry and went back to look for his shoes. It took some time to find them. With his vet trousers clinging to his legs, he started tack up the path. At the top, he met a fat, smiling little man.

"It's a nice place", said the fat little man. "You got a chalet?"

"That’s right.” Val did not wish to stay and talk, as his whole mind was full of sea. "Number fifteen we've got".

The little man beamed all over his face, "Me and my sis­ter's got fourteen. Our name is Truby. Are you a big family?"

"Seven, if you count Mum and Dad and Auntie Glad".

"And how will you all fit into the chalet?" asked the little man with friendly curiosity.

"Haven't been inside yet", said Val.

As they walked towards the chalet, they saw that the Burners family was moving in. Mum had opened the windows, Dad had got out two deckchairs. Doreen was running back from the camp shop with a basket of food. Val could hear Mum's excited voice: "Put it there! Move yourself, Ally, pass me that". Inside the house Ally was singing at the top of her voice. Len rushed out yelling. "I want to go to the beach".

"What a jolly family!" sighed Mr. Truby. "I am glad you are next door to us". "William. Your tea's been ready for half an hour". A thin elderly lady came down out of number four-teen. "Where have you been? My head's awful. Those terrible people who've just moved in". She banged the door behind her brother.

(after E.Stuckley. Magnolia Buildings.)

1. Write the four forms of the following verbs and translate them: to be, to walk, to go, to reach, to turn, to shake, to cry, to rush, to exclaim, to know, to want, to throw, to run, to feel, to come, to seem, to roll, to feel, to take, to cling, to meet, to smile, to say, to wish, to get, to beam, to count, to fit, to see, to open, to put, to move, to pass, to sing, to yell, to sigh, to move in, to bang.

  1. Find the predicates, define the tense-forms and explain their formation.

  2. Read and translate the text, using a dictionary.

  3. Find the interrogative sentences in the text and define the types of questions.

  4. Explain the use of tenses.

  5. Put questions to the underlined words.

  6. Put general questions to the underlined sentences.

8. Put alternative and disjunctive questions to the sentences:

- They all rushed in to look at the three bedrooms, the par­lour with a divan, the kitchen, the toilet.

- Val threw off his shoes and socks.

- Inside the house, Ally was singing at the top of her voice.

9. Reproduce the text, mind the verb-forms and the use of tenses.

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